Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Learning Time
Katie thinks I don't give her enough work, so the other day she took Ethan's flashcards and started quizzing herself.
Swimming Lessons
Katie has been waiting and waiting for swimming lessons. She was jumping for joy when I told her it was finally time. Ethan, not so much, until I told him it was swim lessons or sit along the edge of the pool watching his sister have all the fun. Then his tune changed.
They actually both had a great time. Katie had the exuberance she has more most activities in life. Ethan was cautious, but did very well, and even discovered the joy of being able to see under water.
At the end of the session the swim instructors passed out awards to every child. Katie received, "Most Enthusiastic." Ethan, "Most Cautious." Yep, pretty much sums up just about everything in life!
They actually both had a great time. Katie had the exuberance she has more most activities in life. Ethan was cautious, but did very well, and even discovered the joy of being able to see under water.
At the end of the session the swim instructors passed out awards to every child. Katie received, "Most Enthusiastic." Ethan, "Most Cautious." Yep, pretty much sums up just about everything in life!
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| Ready for the first day |
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| "Swimming" in the deep end |
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| I thought Ethan was more adventurous than Katie in being willing to "swim" the deep end without holding on to his instructor. |
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| "Hi Mommy!" |
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| Ready, Set... |
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| Dive? |
Experiments
Ethan has been inventing and experimenting all summer. One Sunday while David and I were busy working on a project Ethan decided to "build" his own flashlight and check out the opacity of various papers. He came and got us to show us. He had created three piles: "light shines through," "light sort of shines through," and "no light shines through."
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| Ethan and his piles. |
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| He had created a casing for one of Daddy's real flashlights. |
Campmeeting
Campmeeting 20014 - what a blessing! Fun times, cold times, inspiring times, growing times.
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| Enjoying the annual camp-pitch softball game. |
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| We spent an afternoon with Miss Mary at Camp Au Sable. My kids think Miss Mary owns the whole place! |
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| What an adventure! My arms aren't as strong as they once were, that's for sure! |
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| Helping "Detective Kidlicious" during the evening meeting in the Primary division. |
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| Feeding baby chicks at the Adventist Heritage booth in the exhibition tent. |
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| Thankfully it only stormed a couple times. |
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| Making lunch |
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| Making all sorts of wiki-stick creations during the adult meetings. |
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| Prayer time |
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| Great friends! |
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| New friends! |
Adventurer Weekend
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| Our Bible Achievement team |
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| Friends :) |
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| Discovering the lending library at the nature center. |
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| I think he's discovered a love of books! ;) |
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| Watching Mr. Thompson feed baby racoons |
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| Exhausted Daddy |
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| Playing with fire is a painful (and expensive) experience! ... |
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| ... You might just end up with a piece of ash under your eyelid and get an emergency visit to the optometrist. We won't be forgetting this weekend! |
Year-End Celebration to Koteewi
The kids had been wanting to visit the Koteewi Nature Center in Strawtown, so it ended up being our end-of-year field trip on May 15. It was a very quiet, but nice, way to end our first official year of homeschool.
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| Looking at all the Indian artifacts. |
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| The interpreter was quite knowledgeable about both the artifacts/history and animals of the area. |
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| Did you know a turtle's shell has rings, just like a tree? If you use a magnifying lens you can count the rings to tell the age. |
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